Friday, January 4, 2008

Murder at the Opera (Spoiler)

Title sounds sensational, isn't it? So did the plot outline at the back cover of the book. And the book is written by the daughter of one of the ex-US presidents, Harry Truman.

But the book brought only disappointment. Sure, it did give a glimpse into the politics (both at the Opera houses as well as DC!) and I came to know about many terms related to the opera. But beyond that, as a murder mystery I felt it failed to deliver the goods in the end. The plot of assassinating key US personalities in a so-called novel way sounded naive at the best!

Though Margaret Truman has 20+ books to her credit I doubt if I will ever pick any one of her murder mysteries in future.

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